Taylorsville News

The Frank Baptist Church, once a beacon of faith and hope for a small community, has been a vacant building for a year.

My husband, Bob Jordon, of Taylorsville, NC loves decorating for Christmas. Every year he ads additional lights and is now up to 45,000 lights.

Submitted photo The Embers performed their new Christmas show in Taylorsville at Alexander Central High School.

Police across at least two counties north of Charlotte say they are looking for the driver responsible for a fatal hit-and-run collision overnight in Alexander County.

Investigators in Alexander County made an arrest Wednesday morning in a fatal hit-and-run after receiving a tip from a Channel 9 viewer.

A man working on a utility line early Tuesday was hit and killed along an Alexander County road.

The Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run crash in Alexander County that seriously injured a pedestrian.

Six months ago WORLD asked readers to write to us about local ministries to the needy.

The Congressional Budget Office has completed its analysis of the Senate Finance Committee's health care legislation proposal.

Several members of the WORLD staff have made their way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a reader dinner tonight co-sponsored by the American Bible Society.

TAYLORSVILLE a ' After more than 20 years with the Alexander County Sheriff's Office, Chris Bowman is now the top cop in the county.

Alexander County authorities are dealing with the theft of two ATM machines in recent weeks, according to the sheriff's office.

After struggling for months to offset the effects of low milk prices and the saturation of the dairy market, area dairy farmers might get some relief soon.

Along the back roads of eastern North Carolina, the 1,500 residents of Maury barely outnumber the population of the tiny town's largest residential facility: the Maury Correctional Institution, a close-security prison holding nearly 1,000 men facing long, hard time.

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. a ' Upholstery maker Craftmaster Furniture is adopting Hickory Springs' EarthCare Inside program.

An Alexander County school bus driver is facing charges after police said she had sexual relations with a student.

Taylorsville- Alexander County Sheriff Hayden Bently has announced he will resign at the end of the month.

Taylorsville is getting 128 new jobs thanks to Caye Home Furnishings. The manufacturer of custom home furniture will invest $1.4 million in the town, creating the new jobs during the next three years.

A North Carolina woman accused of appearing in a gross video at a Domino's Pizza kitchen earlier this year says she's been asked to leave college.

A A A A This is to inform the public that a public hearing will be held on the proposed Western Piedmont Regional Transit Authoritya s recent service expansion in the Town of Taylorsville.